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The Amber Book - Managing Crisis in Central Government

The Amber Book provides a framework for how UK central government collectively responds to crises that require co-ordinated action across government

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The Amber Book provides a framework for how UK central government collectively responds to crises that require co-ordinated action across government. It sets out the principles, structures and arrangements that underpin and inform the central government response to a crisis. It describes key roles and responsibilities for response, including information on the relationship between the central, regional and local tiers within England, as well as covering the relationship between UK central government and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Updates to this page

Published 15 December 2010
Last updated 28 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Added the documents: The Amber Book: Managing crisis in central government The Amber Book: Appendices The Amber Book: Executive Summary

  2. Chapter 6 has been revised. The whole document is being reviewed and an up to date version will be published shortly.

  3. First published.

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